Tracking Attachment File Names

I posted the following to this group in May last year but didn't get a
nibble. I'll try again in the hope that someone has crossed a bridge
or two in the mean time:


Why is Outlook 2003 so reluctant to expose details of attachments to
the user? I would like to be able to search for, view, and print a
report that targets the file names of attachments. The attachment
file name only appears on a printed message if the message is
formatted as plain text. Even then, the file name is only fully
displayed if it is not too long to fit in the space allocated. As for
being able to search for a file name, to see which message(s)
contained that attachment, that just seems too hard.

Utilities that strip attachments from messages and then insert a text
string in the message body to record the file name seem to offer some
hope of doing what I need. At least you could then search for an
attachment file name amongst all messages.

The Sperry Utility does insert the file name into the message body,
but that application seems not to work with some messages.

The MapiLab Utility also looked hopeful, but after converting the file
name to text, it then enters it back into the message as an
attachment.

I would really appreciate hearing of some way to track the file names
of attachments to Outlook messages, particularly if this is combined
with an elegant attachment stripping utility.

Andyh